Where does “chỗ ngồi” come from?

chỗ ngồi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chó, from Proto-Vietic ʔa-cɔːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer cɔʔ — dog.

chỗ ngồi (Vietnamese): a seat; chair; bench (a place to sit)

Definitions

  1. a seat; chair; bench (a place to sit)

Ancestry of “chỗ ngồi”, step by step

chỗ ngồi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechóa dog; a bitch
2Proto-Vieticʔa-cɔːʔdog
3Proto-Mon-Khmercɔʔdog

via Vietnamese ngồi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengồito sit
2Proto-Vieticŋuːjto sit
3Proto-Mon-Khmerŋgujto sit down
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer cɔʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic ʔa-cɔːʔ →Every word from Vietnamese chó →